Tabloid Heading - May 1, 2007

I like tabloid headings. Short, crisp, double meaning, naughty and often making pun of the actual news. "Tabloid History of the World" is strongly recommended as a primer in this field. Let's look at today's main news as a good tabloid would have reported it.

"I Dow"

Rupert Murdoch has bid $5 billion for Dow Jones publisher. The share price jumped more than 50% today.

Castro May Not

Cuba's ailing premier is noticeably absent from Labor Day celebrations. A bad headline could be - Castroted!

Left not right

"Study" shows left handed women have higher chance of dying from bad things!

B-Cap

Army chief does not think women soldiers should be in frontline combat along Indian border.

"Burns!" - Men-on Holocaust

Indian foreign-secretary Menon meets his American counterpart Nick Burns on Nuclear Treaty.

i-Ran

On Iran putting a strong foot to US push for nuclear disarmament.

F*#D

Ford loses money, again!


Shell Met


"Zoo Atlanta has hatched a rare Arakan forest turtle, a victory for researchers trying to save the endangered Asian species — one shell at a time."

Old Still Die!

On a "study" indicating heart attack death rate has declined.

Bow. No?

Bono pushes US government to spread education to the rest of the world.

Percentile Dysfunction

"Thirty-four Fuqua School of Business students -- almost 10% of the class -- are accused of violating the school's honor code by cheating on an exam"


And finally,

Slum Slam

A fantastic National Geographic article with breathtaking photos on Dharavi.